....I have yet to visit in the six years we have lived here is Stampede. Hate crowds and they're huge there. I would go to the rodeo events, but the tickets are $200-$300, which is ridiculous, so the closest I get to cowboy season is the wearing of one of my beautiful cowboy hats and a pair of my gorgeous boots. Even then, people look at you as if you're a tad touched because no one outside Stampede Park dresses in Western wear for the 10-day event.
It's not just Stampede, when we lived in Ottawa I avoided the Ex, the Tulip Festival and Winterlude like the plague. In addition to the crowds, the porta-potties are another HUGE no-no. And lineups! People here actually queued for five hours to have a pancake!!!! In 31 degree heat!! Are they insane??!! I mean, there's nothing cheaper and easier to make than pancakes so stay home and fire up the griddle. Who wants to stand in a marathon line with screaming kids, behind and in front of strangers.
Must be showing my age, but not me.
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